Vista - RE: No 3D Acceleration in Windows Vista Beta 2

Same damn problem!

Anyone find a solution yet....

i have a dell 1505 annoying as hell i cant load any games!

"BahamutZaero" wrote:

> The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work
> fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should.
> However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I instantly
> encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the
> screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games here
> would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so the
> problem must be with drivers or settings.
>
> I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM,
> dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista drivers
> from ATI.com).
>
> As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
>
> World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure
> DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
>
> Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control
> Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D Preview is
> Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
>
> Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

run application under adminstrator, right clicck on icon and select (RunAs
Amin) and turn off User Acxccess Control
"Brock" <Brock@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A9C0FF4C-4E7C-410C-ACC3-100F1D9D647B@microsoft.com...
> Same damn problem!
>
> Anyone find a solution yet....
>
> i have a dell 1505 annoying as hell i cant load any games!
>
> "BahamutZaero" wrote:
>
>> The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work
>> fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should.
>> However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I
>> instantly
>> encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the
>> screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games
>> here
>> would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so
>> the
>> problem must be with drivers or settings.
>>
>> I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM,
>> dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista
>> drivers
>> from ATI.com).
>>
>> As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
>>
>> World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure
>> DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
>>
>> Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control
>> Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D
>> Preview is
>> Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
>>
>> Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?

Can u show how to do that.
When u do 'run as administrator' the program starts (and fails). Where/how
to turn of User Access Control?
If u mean the 'disable uac' in msconfig, I allready did that.
Tx...

"jason" <a6a2645@telus.net> wrote in message
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> run application under adminstrator, right clicck on icon and select (RunAs
> Amin) and turn off User Acxccess Control
> "Brock" <Brock@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A9C0FF4C-4E7C-410C-ACC3-100F1D9D647B@microsoft.com...
>> Same damn problem!
>>
>> Anyone find a solution yet....
>>
>> i have a dell 1505 annoying as hell i cant load any games!
>>
>> "BahamutZaero" wrote:
>>
>>> The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero)
>>> work
>>> fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should.
>>> However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I
>>> instantly
>>> encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the
>>> screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games
>>> here
>>> would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista,
>>> so the
>>> problem must be with drivers or settings.
>>>
>>> I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs
>>> RAM,
>>> dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista
>>> drivers
>>> from ATI.com).
>>>
>>> As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
>>>
>>> World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure
>>> DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
>>>
>>> Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control
>>> Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D
>>> Preview is
>>> Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?
>

Running Beta 2, I can't help you there. Beta 2 did have a lot of issues on
the video side. I can tell you that this isn't much of a problem in RC2. Of
course, I am running an nVidia card though.
"Brock" <Brock@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A9C0FF4C-4E7C-410C-ACC3-100F1D9D647B@microsoft.com...
> Same damn problem!
>
> Anyone find a solution yet....
>
> i have a dell 1505 annoying as hell i cant load any games!
>
> "BahamutZaero" wrote:
>
>> The problem is that things that are Shader related (presumably Aero) work
>> fine. So everything in the OS looks gorgeous, and runs like it should.
>> However, in attempting to run anything 3D, such as a video game, I
>> instantly
>> encounter problems where the game is unable to draw anything 3D to the
>> screen, and crashes the game on the spot. The most noteable of the games
>> here
>> would be World of Warcraft, which I have heard runs great under Vista, so
>> the
>> problem must be with drivers or settings.
>>
>> I am running this on my laptop, which is an Acer Aspire 5670. 2 gigs RAM,
>> dual core processors, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 (with the new Vista
>> drivers
>> from ATI.com).
>>
>> As I am using WoW as my example, here is the error I am getting:
>>
>> World of Warcraft was unable to start 3D acceleration. please make sure
>> DirectX 9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up-to-date.
>>
>> Another clear and related issue is if I go to the ATI Catylyst Control
>> Center, the 3D preview just shows a static image, and says "The 3D
>> Preview is
>> Disabled". I have not found a way to turn that back on.
>>
>> Any thoughts? Anyone else encountered this yet?